(03-17-2017 01:17 AM)perimeterpost Wrote: Khari Harley will be transferring out Ohio as a graduate transfer.
In the summer of 2013 Kansas transfer Rio Adams left the Bobcats after being with the team for about 6 weeks. Head Coach Jim Christian then decided to give that scholarship to Khari Harley, a player he had never heard of until seeing a couple of videos on him a few weeks prior. It was the end of August, Harley had zero other D1 offers and had already finished high school so it wasn't like he was going anywhere. He was then immediately given a red shirt for his freshman year.
Harley played limited minutes as a back up for 2 seasons and only logged 10 minutes this year. In his defense he's been plagued by chronic back issues but for the life of me I could never figure out why JC gave a 4yr scholarship to a player he knew nothing about so hurriedly. Made no sense. Regardless, best of luck to Harley.
also: tentative but not confirmed- Wadley Mompremier took a red shirt this year as a senior and is eligible to transfer out as a graduate. Like Harley, Wadley has been plagued his whole career with health issues (krohn's disease) and never saw much playing time. Campbell has petitioned the NCAA for a 5th year (doubt he'll get it) but on the slim chance he does come back Wadley would probably be encouraged to move on to open the scholarship for Campbell.
and finally, file this under total conspiracy theory: some Bobcats fans are worried that because Jaaron Simmons will likely graduate this spring that he may take a graduate transfer to a bigger school next year. Simmons has done nothing to suggest he's even considering it but because its theoretically possible it has come up for discussion.
Losing Simmons would be a huge blow. I can see why there would be a concern since he was a transfer in from Houston to begin with. I hope he stays at Ohio (IMO, are the favorite to win the title regardless of the slim Campbell hardship).
But you just never know what guys are thinking, especially if they get a chance at a sure NCAA tournament opportunity. All you have to do is look at is last year to Cleveland State when they lost their two best players to Louisville and Wichita State, respectively. Another Ohio kid, Shonn Miller, also left Cornell to go to UConn as well as a grad transfer that same year.
Those transfer had me concerned about Johnson (and Cheatham) doing the same over the summer, but both stuck it out ... but was that really the wisest decision for either? Obviously, not if they dreamed of playing in an NCAA tourney game.
But unlike Simmons, both Johnson and Cheatham went to Akron out of high school, so probably had more loyalty to UA than Simmons to OU.
For example, one of the CSU transfers (Trey Lewis/Louisville) was originally at Penn State, so his situation is more like Simmons'.
However, Anton Grady (the other CSU transfer) was a bit of a surprise since he was Cleveland State guy out of high school ... and both Lewis and Grady were from Cleveland, so they were playing in their hometowns on a team that had legit Cinderella chances. But I'm guessing the only reason Grady left was because Lewis did (Lewis announced his transfer a month before Grady, IIR).
Anyway, since Simmons is from Dayton, I wouldn't be shocked if he ends up a Flyer, especially since they lose Scoochie Smith ... though I'm personally rooting for him to stay at Ohio.